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Robert Parish’s bad feelings toward Larry Bird evident in brawl with Dr. J - The Boston Globe
The Larry-Doc fight transpired more than a year after Parish’s 1983 holdout. Four decades later, Parish is finally telling us why he never joined the brawl. Ultimately, it didn’t matter.
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"The difference was that Dr. J usually did everything one-handed" - Larry Bird explains what set Michael Jordan apart from Julius Erving - MSN
Before "Mr. Air" arrived, the NBA was Bird and Magic Johnson's playground. They were the headline acts. Celtics legend, with his laser-precise passing and sniper jumpers from mid-range and beyond.
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"Larry Bird said, 'If Robert doesn't want to be here, trade his a—'" - Robert Parish admits he didn't take Bird's side in his fight with Julius Erving - Yahoo Sports
During the infamous 1984 fight between Bird and Dr. J, Robert Parish chose not to intervene.
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"He didn't usually trash talk to Magic, Dr. J, guys like that" - Danny Ainge on why Larry Bird directed most vicious trash talk to coaches - Yahoo Sports
"He just really wanted to motivate himself," Ainge said of Larry's trash-talking. "But the most characteristic one was he didn't usually trash-talk to like Magic [Johnson], Dr. J [Julius Erving ...